Poll: Billy Wilder Lead Characters

Results of 423 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)

    

   Jerry and Joe - Some Like It Hot (1959).
2. 2.
   

   Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment (1960)

    

   C.C. 'Bud' Baxter and Fran Kubelik - The Apartment (1960).
3. 3.
   

   William Holden and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd. (1950)

    

   Joe Gillis and Norma Desmond - Sunset Boulevard (1950).
4. 4.
   

   "Double Indemnity" Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck 1944 Paramount / MPTV

    

   Walter Neff and Phyllis Dietrichson - Double Indemnity (1944).
5. 5.
   

   Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

    

   Sir Wilfred Robarts and Christine Vole - Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
6. 6.
   

   James Cagney in One, Two, Three (1961)

    

   C.R. MacNamara - One, Two, Three (1961).
7. 7.
   

   Kirk Douglas in Ace in the Hole (1951)

    

   Chuck Tatum - Ace in the Hole (1951).
8. 8.
   

   Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina (1954)

    

   Linus Larrabee and Sabrina Fairchild - Sabrina (1954).
9. 9.
   

   "Stalag 17" Sig Rumann and William Holden 1953 Paramount / MPTV

    

   Sgt. J.J. Sefton - Stalag 17 (1953).
10. 10.
    

    James Stewart in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

     

    Charles Lindbergh - The Spirit of St. Louis (1957).
11. 11.
    

    "Fortune Cookie" Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon 1966 UA / MPTV

     

    Harry Hinkle and Willie Gingrich - The Fortune Cookie (1966).
12. 12.
    

    Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend (1945)

     

    Don Birnam - The Lost Weekend (1945).
13. 13.
    

    M. Monroe " The Seven Year Itch" © 1955

     

    The Girl - The Seven Year Itch (1955).
14. 14.
    

    Ginger Rogers in The Major and the Minor (1942)

     

    Susan Applegate - The Major and the Minor (1942).
15. 15.
    

    Robert Stephens in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

     

    Sherlock Holmes - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970).
16. 16.
    

    "Love In The Afternoon" Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn 1957 AA Productions / MPTV

     

    Frank Flannagan and Ariane Chavasse - Love in the Afternoon (1957).
17. 17.
    

    Kim Novak and Ray Walston in Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

     

    Orville - Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).
18. 18.
    

    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)

     

    Wendell Armbruster, Jr. - Avanti! (1972).
19. 19.
    

    William Holden and Marthe Keller in Fedora (1978)

     

    Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler - Fedora (1978).
20. 20.
    

    Erich von Stroheim, Franchot Tone, and Peter van Eyck in Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

     

    Cpl. John J. Bramble - Five Graves to Cairo (1943).
21. 21.
    

    "Irma La Douce" Jack Lemmon 1963 UA / MPTV

     

    Nestor Patou - Irma la Douce (1963).
22. 22.
    

    "Front Page, The" Dir. Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau 1974 U-I

     

    Hildy Johnson and Walter Burns - The Front Page (1974).
23. 23.
    

    "Buddy Buddy" Jack Lemmon, Billy Wilder, Walter Matthau 1981 MGM/UA / MPTV

     

    Victor Clooney and Trabucco - Buddy Buddy (1981).
24. 24.
    

    Bing Crosby and Richard Haydn in The Emperor Waltz (1948)

     

    Virgil Smith - The Emperor Waltz (1948).
25. 25.
    

    #23

     

    Captain John Pringle - A Foreign Affair (1948).